Budget furniture is all very well and good, but sometimes you want the best that money can buy. It’s nice to have things around you that you know are quality, that you know will do what you want them to do and that you know will last.
What is the best sewing cabinet?
The first question you want to ask yourself is how many machines you’d like to use it with. Do you just have one good machine that is your trusty go-to for any and all sewing projects? Or have you got two henchmen—a regular machine and a serger, perhaps? If you use two machines regularly, you’ll probably want them both in your cabinet, perhaps just one half-spin of your sewing chair from each other. If you’re paying good money for this cabinet, you want both of your machines connected to airlifts, too, for easy storage and easy set up.
For the one-machine sewer a very nice sewing cabinet is the Sewingrite 6900 Cabinet with 4 Drawers and Electric Lift. When everything is put away this is simply a beautiful honey oak cabinet with classic-looking knobs and drawer pulls, u-casters, and a child lock to keep all your treasures secure from prying hands. On one side, a ‘cupboard’ section hides your sewing machine. On the other, four roomy drawers are ready for your fabric, books, and other sewing gear. The front of this cabinet is solid oak wood, the cabinet’s general construction is a lighter plywood.
Is there enough table room here to spread out everything you want spread out? You decide. Open, this table is 84 inches wide and 19 ¾ inches deep; that’s the center portion and two leaves, one on the right and one on the back. Open up the quilting extension in the back for another 19 ¾ inch in depth, bringing you to 39 ½ inches in depth for the central 42 ¼ inches of your table. That’s a lot of space, and you’ll be able to spread out a good lot of quilt—or whatever else you’re working on.
For storage space there are the four drawers you notice when the cabinet is closed up, and a notions tray for keeping small stuff. There is also a measuring tape built in, to make it easy for you to do your measuring and cutting.
It’s a good, solid cabinet, no doubt about it. But what about if you like to switch between sewing machine and serger? There’s no second-machine storage on this table, so you’d have to be carrying it over from your clothes closet. No fun.
That’s why for two machine sewers we recommend Sylvia Design Model 1810Q Quilters Sewing Center, for large machines, available in castle oak, cherry, mahogany, teak, or white with oak trim. The interior is maple.
When closed, this lovely piece of furniture can be placed either be placed in a corner—it’ll make a v shape; serger cabinet on one arm; sewing machine cabinet on the other—or in a straight formation. Between the sewing machine and serger sections are four roomy drawers. This beautiful sewing cabinet is 19 3/4” high. Opened up in corner, V-shaped formation, the width of each arm is 92 inches.
The left side has a quilters extension: with this, you get 21 ¾ inches in table surface depth. The serger side has a depth of 19 7/8. Maybe you’ll want to buy a serger just so you have an excuse to splurge on this lovely cabinet; it’ll transform your sewing area into a beautifully organized, classy space.